għaqqad

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic عَقَّدَ‎ (ʿaqqada), intensive second stem of عَقَدَ‎ (ʿaqada).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːʔ.ʔat/

Verb

għaqqad (imperfect jgħaqqad)

  1. to join together; to unite; to unify
    Għalhekk mhumiex iżjed tnejn, imma ġisem wieħed. Mela dak li għaqqad Alla m’għandux jifirdu l-bniedem.
    Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. (Matthew 19:6)

Conjugation
conjugation of għaqqad
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
jien(a) int(i) hu(wa) hi(ja) aħna intom huma
perfect għaqqadt għaqqadt għaqqad għaqqdet għaqqadna għaqqadtu għaqqdu
imperfect ngħaqqad tgħaqqad jgħaqqad tgħaqqad ngħaqqdu tgħaqqdu jgħaqqdu
imperative għaqqad għaqqdu
  • Note: The plural forms of the imperfect merge phonetically with those of qeda (“to serve”) when provided with a pronominal or negative ending; e.g. jgħaqqdux, jaqdux are both /jaʔˈduːʃ/.
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